American Ballet Theatre: A History
2015 · 107 MIN · IMDB 8.8 · DIR. Ric Burns
Overview
Delve into the rich, 75-year history of one of the world's preeminent ballet companies. Ric Burns' documentary combines intimate rehearsal footage, virtuoso performances and interviews with American Ballet Theatre's key figures. Combined with hundreds of carefully curated stills and rare footage of ballet icons Alonso, Jerome Robbins, Agnes de Mille, Antony Tudor, Nora Kaye and Mikhail Baryshnikov, the film provides a comprehensive inside look at American Ballet Theatre and the world of professional ballet for both seasoned aficionados and those who never have seen a ballet.
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00:00:40 HOMANS: If you're a dancer
00:05:05 I guess maybe I'm a busybody,
00:08:32 We were doing the future of ballet in America.
00:12:40 Chassé forward
00:16:33 It's "How do you measure man?"
00:20:37 and of being on your toes
00:25:02 famously start to import European culture
00:30:32 And ballet comes back to Europe.
00:34:10 and Mordkin was sort of left behind.
00:37:56 She loved dance. Dance was very special to her.
00:41:47 Look at her. My God.
00:45:47 JAFFE: Pillar of Fire is a very dark story
00:50:37 The Wild West.
00:54:58 than Agnes de Mille or Antony Tudor.
00:58:39 It was a quite incredible first ballet,
01:03:13 but, of course, there's all kinds of story
01:07:26 unless he was the boss
01:10:52 and they were playing in a very grand theater.
01:14:27 Gelsey Kirkland defected from City Ballet
01:18:26 the corps in itself became a star.
01:25:12 is that it not only does more full-length classics,
01:29:37 And you're, each one of you,
01:34:26 but this is one that really represents the art of dance,
01:39:23 in the same way that you can't hold on to life.
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